Can Parents Choose the Best Schools for Their Children?

Autor/inn/en	Bast, Joseph L.; Walberg, Herbert J.
Titel	Can Parents Choose the Best Schools for Their Children?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 23 (2004) 4, S.431-440 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2003.08.003
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gains; Academic Achievement; Parents; Parent Role; School Choice; Educational Quality; Traditional Schools; Public Schools; Economic Factors; Surveys; Educational Vouchers; Predictor Variables; Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Schulleistung; Eltern; Parental role; Elternrolle; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Traditioneller Unterricht; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ökonomischer Faktor; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Prädiktor; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	One of Lewis Solmon's research interests is whether parents can choose the best schools for their children. This paper shows how economic principles predict parents would do a better job choosing schools for their children than do experts in government agencies. Three types of empirical research relevant to the hypothesis are reviewed: surveys showing parents rate schools the same as experts (showing they have sufficient information to choose correctly); surveys showing most parents choose schools on the basis of their perceived academic quality (showing they are choosing in the child's best long-term interests); and data showing student academic achievement gains are higher in schools of choice than in traditional public schools. We conclude that Solmon's belief that parents can choose the best schools for their children is corroborated by economic theory and empirical research. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10